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John H Willis PD WFG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_H_Willis.jpg

Maury County Tennessee CCA SA 4.0 I DemocraticLuntz. Maury County Tennessee

USS Relief PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Relief_-_19-N-26136.jpg

9 Flattops at Norfolk PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9_Flattops_at_Norfolk_naval_base,_December_20,_2012.jpg

NAS Jacksonville. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAS_Jacksonville_NAN5_47.jpg

27th Marines PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:27th_Marines.JPG

USMC-091028-M-9234B-061  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-091028-M-9234B-061.jpg

IWO JIMA LOCATION MAP SAGREDO. PD RELEASE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_jima_location_mapSagredo.png

Iwo Jima Landing Plan PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_Jima_-_Landing_Plan.jpg

80-G-304972.  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:80-G-304972_(29474492816).jpg

TRACKED LANDING VEHICLES IWO JIMA. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tracked_landing_vehicles_(LVTs)_approach_Iwo_Jima;fig14.jpg

80-G-311363. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:80-G-311363_Iwo_Jima_Operation,_1945.jpg

USMC-17446. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-17446.jpg

FIFTH DIVISION MARINE INVADERS OF IWO JIMA  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fifth_Division_Marine_invaders_of_Iwo_Jima_work_their_way_up_the_slope_from_Red_Beach_One._(49672876132).jpg

MARINES BURROW IN THE VOLCANIC SAND  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marines_burrow_in_the_volcanic_sand_on_the_beach_of_Iwo_Jima.jpg

MARINES WITH LVT(A)-5. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marines_with_LVT(A)-5_in_Iwo_Jima_1945.jpg

IWO JIMA AMTRACS  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_Jima_amtracs.jpg

DEAD MARINES ON IWO JIMA PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dead_Marines_on_Iwo_Jima.jpg

AMBULANCE – HOLDEN. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ambulance–HOLDEN–MB–US_Navy_BuMed_mmu_get.jpg

FIFTH DIVISION MARINES TAKE MOMENTARY COVER  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fifth_Division_Marines_take_momentary_cover_in_a_huge_shell_crater_while_awaiting_the_signal_to_renew_a_D-Day_attack_on_the_Iwo_Jima_island_fortress._19_February,_1945._(53408004649).jpg

IWO JIMA BUNKERS  CCA SA 3.O U AGSFTW. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_Jima_-_Bunkers.jpg

FIFTH DIVISION MARINES ON IWO JIMA. PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fifth_Division_Marines_on_Iwo_Jima_carry_a_wounded_comrade_through_tangled_undergrowth_towards_the_comparative_safety_of_an_aid_station._(49484184661).jpg

US NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_100502-N-6538W-408_Hospital_Corpsman_2nd_Class_Douglas_Knapp_tosses_a_training_grenade_during_an_Army_Warrior_training_course.jpg

RAISING THE FLAG ON IWO JIMA. PD EXPIRED. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima_by_Joe_Rosenthal.jpg

USS JOHN WILLIS PD WFG:

 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_John_Willis_(DE-1027)_underway_in_the_the_North_Atlantic_on_22_June_1967_(NH_107510).jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_John_Willis_(DE-1027)_and_USS_Van_Voorhis_(DE-1028)_underway_off_Argentinia_in_October_1965.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_John_Willis_(DE-1027)_launches_RUR-4_c1958.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_John_Willis_(DE-1027)_at_anchor,_circa_in_the_early_1960s.jpg

NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR  PD WFG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NavyMedalofHonor.jpg

WW II DOG TAGS CCA 2.0 G RYAN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dog_Tag_WWII_P.jpg

TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY CCA SA 4.0 I ANTONY-22. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tennessee_State_Library_and_Archives_2022a.jpg

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR CC0 1.0 UPDD FUNKNENDAI. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Fair.png

TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY CCA SA 4.0 I ROGERSCAS80. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tennessee_State_Library_and_Archives.jpg

GREAT LAKES NAVAL HOSPITAL PD WFG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Lakes_Naval_Hospital_09-5029-10_Historical_photos_-_On_This_Day_in_Navy_medicine_(50133445651).jpg

BUILDING 1 NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES CCA SA 4.0 I THOMAS M BISHOP. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_1_Naval_Station_Great_Lakes_19APR20.jpg

CCA 2.0 G ARCHIVES BRANCH, USMC HISTORY DIVISION:

FIFTH MARINE DIVISION COMMAND IWO JIMA. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fifth_Marine_Division_Command_Post,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

MARINES ON BEACH, IWO JIMA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marines_on_Beach,_Iwo_Jima,_February_1945.jpg

IWO’S GIBRALTAR  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Iwo%27s_Gibraltar%22,_Iwo_Jima,_1945_(48298967666).jpg

IWO JIMA LANDSCAPE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_Jima_Landscape,_1945.jpg

WOUNDED MARINES FEBRUARY 1945. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=WOUNDED+MARINES+FEBRUARY&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image

ASSISTING WOUNDED MARINE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assisting_Wounded_Marine,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

MARINE INFANTRY BATTALION. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Infantry_Battalion_Moving_up_Iwo_Jima,_February_1945_(36673879406).jpg

MARINE AID STATION UNDER FIRE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Aid_Station_Under_Fire_on_Beach,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

MARINE TANKS IWO JIMA.  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Tanks,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

MARINE FOXHOLES IWO JIMA  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Foxholes,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

MARINES DRIVING INLAND  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marines_Driving_Inland,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

IWO JIMA LANDSCAPE. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iwo_Jima_Landscape,_1945_-_36720236185.jpg

CORPSMAN TREATS WOUNDED  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corpsman_Treats_a_Wounded_Marine,_1945_(16782157387).jpg

SWEEPING INLAND IWO JIMA  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sweeping_inland,_Iwo_Jima,_1945_(5600760990).jpg

EXPLOSION ON IWO JIMA. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Explosion_on_Iwo_Jima,_1945_(16802280178).jpg

MARIES RETURNING WITH WOUNDED. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marines_Returning_with_Wounded,_Iwo_Jima,_1945.jpg

Assault on Iwo Jima. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assault_on_Iwo_Jima,_1945_(16987767292).jpg

WINFREY MOREL WILLIS PHOTO PUBLIC ACCESS OAKES AND NICHOLS

https://www.oakesandnichols.com/obituaries/winfrey-willis  AVAILABLE ON NUMEROUS PUBLIC ACCESS SITES

NEWSPAPERS.COM   SON STARRY-EYED    NASHVILLE BANNER 4 FEB 1956 PD PRE 1977.  https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-article-about-john-harl/46526694/

MOH CEREMONY PHOTO  photo from BUMED Library and Archives. PD WFG  http://usstranquillity.blogspot.com/2011/10/remembering-phm1c-john-hwillis-story-of.html

MOH CEREMONY PD WFG BUMED OFFICE OF MEDICAL HISTORY VIA FLICKR

JOHN HARLAN WILLIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE MARKER BY DUANE & TRACY MARSTELLER HMdb.org. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=168597 

The Hospital Corpsmen of Iwo Jima PD WFG.

OAKES & NICHOLS FUNERAL HOME ONLINE OBITUARY, WINFREY MOREL WILLIS.  PUBLIC ACCESS. https://www.oakesandnichols.com/obituaries/winfrey-willis  available on other public obituary sites as well.

USS JOHN WILLIS CREW REUNION 2004 WITH MRS WILIS. C/O NEWPORT DEALYS.ORG  NO ©. PUBLIC ACCESS SITE. http://www.newportdealeys.org/id7.html

John Harlan Willis Marker findagrave3. Find a grave.com. Photo added by Thomas Willis 27 May 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7834341/john_harlan-willis/photo#view-photo=295930428

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